I have a request for being able to view the contents of each individual file. I had a book the other day I wanted to split and I could not use ePubSplit because there were no usable titles to decide which files were the ones I wanted. I had to use Sigil to do this.

@JSWolf - Try the attached version. It doesn't show you the whole file, but if you hover over the HREF column it will show you the first 1500 chars as a tooltip.

Just want to thank whoever was involved in the ePub split plugin. I have some omnibus 'Complete Works' books I wanted to read but balked at diving into, and an afternoon spent splitting them into their individual books was well-spent and has given these books new life for me. Thanks!

Just want to thank whoever was involved in the ePub split plugin. I have some omnibus 'Complete Works' books I wanted to read but balked at diving into, and an afternoon spent splitting them into their individual books was well-spent and has given these books new life for me. Thanks!

First of all, great plugin...just found it and it worked great on the first book I've tried it on so far...

I do have on request, rather than just copy/not copy the existing cover, how about a way to tag an existing section other than the one named "Cover" as the section to use as the cover of the split off epub?

With the one book I used it on so far, I had the following HREF sections:
Cover
SuperTOC
III_Cover
III_TitlePage
<snip>
IV_Cover
IV_TitlePage
<snip>

I expect not all omnibus editions will be like that, but for the ones that are, being able to select the cover would save me from having to update it manually after the fact.

I do have on request, rather than just copy/not copy the existing cover, how about a way to tag an existing section other than the one named "Cover" as the section to use as the cover of the split off epub?

Epub covers are, unfortunately, not all that straight forward. Some readers require certain file naming conventions, metadata setting, only jpgs, etc. It's a bunch of extra functionality that already exists in other places that I'd rather not reinvent or appropriate.

I would suggest that you include the sub-covers as the first section of each split book, then use calibre's built-in 'set cover from ebook' feature followed by the Modify Epub plugin's 'Insert or replace cover' feature. Both of these can be done on batches of books at once.

I am a complete layman when it comes to understanding how calibre and the various plug-ins work, so I hope my question isn't dumb and that any answers will be given in "for dummies" language

My question: My device is Kindle so the vast majority of my files are mobi and azw (and those variations). Will epubsplit work on those files and if so, do I need to convert to epub, split then reconvert back to mobi?

If this question has been asked and answered, my apologies!

Yes
EPUB split, splits.... (wait for it) .... EPUB

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I am a complete layman when it comes to understanding how calibre and the various plug-ins work, so I hope my question isn't dumb and that any answers will be given in "for dummies" language

My question: My device is Kindle so the vast majority of my files are mobi and azw (and those variations). Will epubsplit work on those files and if so, do I need to convert to epub, split then reconvert back to mobi?

If this question has been asked and answered, my apologies!

You have three choices to get the plugin to work for you.

1. You can ditch the Kindle, buy an ePub capable reader and buy ePub format eBooks
2. You can convert your Kindle eBooks to ePub (you should use the KindleUnpack plugin to go AZW3 (KF8) > ePub) then use the plugin to split and convert back.
3. You can buy all of your eBooks in ePub and convert for the Kindle.

Those are your choices

Last edited by WT Sharpe; 06-01-2013 at 03:49 PM.
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